Hay-rack.



No. 7OI,HU- Y Patented May 27, I902. H. P. VDGLER.

HAY RACK.

[Application filed Apr. 12, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO PETER VOGLER, OF WATERVILLE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO AUGUST VVIPPEL AND WILLIAM WVANDELL, OF BARNES,

KANSAS.

HAY- -RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 701,110, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed April 12, 1902.

To aZZ whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO PETER VOGLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Water-ville, in the county of Marshall and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Hay-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a practical hay-rack which will be light, strong, and economic and so constructed that the front wheels of the wagon on which it may be placed maybe turned short, so that the Wagon and rack may be turned in a small space and so that the front wheels ,will not cut on the rack, thus tending to preserve the rack and fellys of the front wheels, and, further, to so construct the rack that it will not upset as readily as the ordinary rack in turning, the rack having a firm bearing upon the runninggear of the vehicle and the wheels of the vehicle in no manner interfering with the rack at such time. V

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the improved hay-rack. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectionthrou gh the rack and through the running-gear of the wagon on which the rack is mounted.

A represents the running-gear of a farm- Wagon of the type adapted to. carry a hayrack. In the construction of the hay-rack a front cross-bar 10 is provided, together with intermediate cross-bars 11 and a rear crossbar 12. Two parallel beams 13 are laid upon the intermediate and rear cross-bars 11 and 12, one at each side of the center, a space of predetermined width intervening said beams, and said beams 13 at their forward ends abut against the rear surface of the front cross bar 10, the upper surfaces of the front crossbar and the beams 13 being flush. The beams Serial No.102,530. (No model.)

13 are secured to the front cross-bar 10 by clips 14 of any approved type. The beams 13 are firmly attached 'to the intermediate and rear cross-bars 10 and 11, preferably by bolts, as illustrated. At the outer side of each beam 13 thefront cross-bar 10 is provided with a recess 15 in its under face, as is shown in Fig. 3, extending to the ends of the cross-bar, and body-boards 16 are laid upon the rear and intermediate cross-bars at the outer sides of the beams 13 and are secured to said intermediate and rear cross-bars 11 and 12 by bolts or their equivalents, while the forward ends of the body-boards 16 enter the recesses 15 in the front cross-bar 10, and metal straps 17 are laid across the under faces of the bodyboards 16 at the recesses 15. The straps and forward ends of the body-boards are secured to the forward cross-bar 10 by suitable bolts. The construction of the upper portion of the rack is completed practically by the addition of central body-boards 18, which rest upon the rear and intermediate cross-bars 11 and 2 and abut against the forward cross-bar 10, as is shown in Fig. 3. These central bodyboards 18 may be bolted to the cross-bars or may be simply laid loosely thereon. The usual standards 19 are attached to the beams 13 at theirforward ends, and braces 20 are shown provided for the standards.

A frame B, adapted to rest upon the forward bolster 21 of the vehicle A, is constructed at the central portion of the body'of the rack at its under side near the front, and said frame consists of an upper. bar member 22, extending from one beam 13 to the other, a lower parallel bar member23, end spacing members 2 1, and bolts 25, which are passed through the upper and lower members 22 and 23 close to the inner faces of the upright spacing members 24 and 'up through the beams 13, as is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

A rear supporting-frame O is also provided for the body of the rack, comprising stirrups 0, each consisting of a bottom member 26 and bolts 27, which pass through the said beam members and up through one of the'intermediate cross-bars 11, one stirrup being secured to the rear end cross-bar 12 and the other to the adjacent intermediate cross-bar 11,- as is shown in Fig. at. Longitudinal beams 28 are supported at their ends by the said stirrups and are secured to the bottom members of the stirrups and the cross-bars 11 and 12,from which the stirrups are suspended, either through the medium of extra bolts or through the medium of the aforesaid bolts 27, forming portions of the stirrups. The longitudinal supporting-beams 28 are adapted to rest between their ends upon the rear bolster 29 of the vehicle A, and at the upper face of the rear portion of the body of the rack the usual hoods 30 are provided to guard the hay from the rear wheels of the vehicle when the rack is mounted thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. 'A hay-rack consisting of a front crossbar, a rear cross-bar and intermediate crossbars, longitudinal beams resting upon the rear and intermediate cross-bars at each side of their centers, being secured to said crossbar's, the forward ends of which beams abut against the rear face of the forward crossbar, clamps securing the said beams to the forward cross-bar, body-boards located at the outer sides of the said beams, resting upon and secured to the upper faces of the intermediate and rear cross-bars, the forward ends of which body-boards extend into the recesses in the forward cross-bar and are secured to the same, and central body-boards located between the beams, which central bodyboards rest upon the rear and intermediate cross-bars and abut against the rear surface of the forward cross-bar, as described.

2. In a hay-rack, the combination with a body-section comprising a front cross-bar, re-

cessed at its under face at each side of its center, intermediate and rear cross-bars parallel with the forward cross-bar, longitudinal beams resting upon the intermediate and rear cross-bars, being attached thereto, the forward ends of which beams abut against the rear surface of the forward cross-bar, the upper surface of the beams and upper surface of the forward cross-bar being flush, clamps securing the said beams to the forward crossbar, body-boards resting upon and secured to the rear and intermediate cross-bars at the outside of the said beams, the forward ends of which body-boards enter the recesses in the front cross-bar, straps located at the bottom of the body-boards at the recessed portion of the front cross-bar, and central bodyboards located between the said beams and resting on the rear and intermediate crossbars, having their forward ends abutting the rear surface of the front cross-bar, of atransverse frame secured to the lower face of the body of the rack, extending from one beam to the other and attached to said beams, said forward frame being adapted to rest upon the forward bolster of a wagon, and a rear longitudinal frame attached to the rear crossbar and likewise extending below the said beams of the body, which longitudinal frame is adapted to rest upon the rear axle of a vehicle, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO PETER VOGLER.

Witnesses:

A. FRAHM, HENRY CARPENTER. 

